{"nhtsa_id":612690,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2000-06-12","date":"2000-03-01","document_id":"8260","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A-PILLAR SHEET METAL CRACKS AROUND FRONT DOOR HINGES; FRONT DOOR SKIN SEPARATES AND DOOR INNER SHEET METAL CRACKED AROUND FRONT HINGES; OR FRONT DOORS OPEN TOO FAR AND EXTEND INTO THE FRONT FENDERS. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/612690","components":[{"id":"structure-body","name":"Body and frame","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"E SERIES","year_from":1997,"year_to":2000,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"FORD","model":"ECONOLINE","year_from":1997,"year_to":2000,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.","attribution":[]}